26th December 2011 Archive

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• A year in spaaaaace: El Reg looks back on 2011

  Era of the spaceplane ends, robot exploration continues

  Despite budget cuts and the long-running diminishment of the glamour around space exploration, 2011 saw Russia, the US, Europe and even the UK were all plan, execute and in some cases spectacularly fail to execute missions to the stars. But the US budget cuts really made themselves felt: nowhere more poignantly than in the end …

  Science 26 Dec 2011, 10:00

• Greens Senator champions Assange cause

  Returns from mercy dash to Sweden and UK on his own dime

  The Australian Prime Minister and Attorney General may have shunned Julian Assange in his bid for justice, but Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has emerged as one of the Wikileaks founder’s core supporters. Ludlam has returned from a mission to Europe where he sought to secure some surety over Assange's human rights, if he is …

  Law 26 Dec 2011, 21:00

• Merry Christmas, Stratfor

  Hackers hand intel outfit own head on plate

  While L-tryptophanics were tucking in on Christmas day, private intelligence group Stratfor Global Intelligence was watching its reputation dissipate after online attackers copied e-mails and client lists. On Christmas Eve, the attackers announced that they had broken into Stratfor’s systems and obtained access to 200 GB of e- …

  Security 26 Dec 2011, 21:30

• Apple land-grabs fuel cells for mobiles

  Too late to patent the battery, after all

  And the patent land-grab continues unabated, with Apple filing patent applications to forestall anybody else trying to plug smartphones into fuel cells. As far as El Reg can tell, Cupertino hasn’t actually built a fuel-cell-powered-cellphone, so we presume its two patent applications merely indicate directions in its research …

  Mobile 26 Dec 2011, 23:34